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45
Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Amgen Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
Amgen Inc. as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and
cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2000. These financial statements are the responsibil-
ity of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require
that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
about whether the financial statements are free of material mis-
statement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial state-
ments. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of
Amgen Inc. as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the consol-
idated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the
three years in the period ended December 31, 2000, in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
Los Angeles, California
January 23, 2001